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NCAA President Mark Emmert: No Fall NCAA Championships in 2020

Speaking on Thursday about the state of college athletics amid college football's top conferences bowing out, NCAA president Mark Emmert said there will be no fall championships in 2020 for all NCAA Division I sports.

The NCAA does not govern FBS college football, leaving its immediate future still uncertain.

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“We cannot now, at this point, have fall NCAA championships because there’s not enough schools participating,” Emmert said. “The Board of Governors said, ‘If you don’t have half of the schools playing a sport, you can’t have a legitimate championship.